Which of the following statements describes the prevailing definition of mental illness?
a. Mental illness is the opposite of mental health.
b. Mental illness as stemming either from organic conditions or from elements in an individual’s psychological development.
c. Mental illness as “problems in living” or “difficulties in social adaptation.”
d. Mental illness is primarily a social construct created by others or a social role that those labeled must play.
b. Mental illness as stemming either from organic conditions or from elements in an individual’s psychological development.
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Macro social workers accept people’s perceptions of social reality
a. as valid because people have a right to own their feelings and values.
b. as valid when they conform to objective social reality.
c. as invalid when they diverge from objective social reality.
d. as invalid unless others in their situation confirm their perceptions.
The unemployment insurance program:
a. provides cash assistance until an unemployed worker finds a new job b. is paid for by federal general revenue funds c. is a joint program administered by both the federal and state governments d. was added to the Social Security Act in 1948 e. provides cash assistance to workers who voluntarily quit their jobs
Most social scientists do not accept a person's height in centimeters and millimeters as a measure of her or his intelligence because it lacks
A) precision. B) reliability. C) accuracy. D) validity. E) all of the above
Dr. Cecil Jacobson was well known for all of the following except for: A) defrauding patients by artificially inseminating them with his own sperm while claiming to use other donors
B) ??having introduced amniocentesis in the United States for diagnosing defects in unborn babies. C)tricking his patients into believing they were pregnant when they were not. D) developing the technology that can enable men to give birth.